Sunday, October 13, 2013

Cybermagazine - Sunday

Sunday October 13 2013 edition

COLUMNS

Gene therapy may stop genetic eye disease

A rare genetic eye disease may eventually be treated by inserting a normal gene into the eye and Canadian researchers have received $5 million to test the treatment. Choroideremia affects mostly men, predominantly those of Irish descent and causes a gradual loss of vision that eventually leads to blindness. The condition affects one in 50,000 ...

Politics Today - October 13, 2013

On this edition of Politics Today RCI's Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the decision by Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper to boycott the Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka.

He also deals with the questions raised by alleged spying by Canada's ultra secret electronics surveillance agency CSEC, the Communications Security Establishment of Canada, on communications of Brazil's Mining and Energy ...

YOUR CHOICES

Calgary debates whether it's art or eyesore

Since the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Quebec's biggest city is home to a stadium known as the big “O” for its shape and connection to the Olympics. But it also immediately became known un-affectionately as “The Big Owe” for the enormous cost overruns and ongoing expenditure of public money to maintain it.

Killing of rare white moose angers aboriginals

Mi’kmaq people in First Nations communities across the eastern province of Nova Scotia were shocked to learn that three hunters shot and killed a rare white moose. Such animals are considered to be “spirit” creatures and are sacred in their culture.